Shrimp has done good for me the last few trips. I keep out a third of a 4-6 inch shad on a big circle hook as well, a shad head caught me a 9 lber Wednesday. I haven't ever really done good on small shad chunks for eating sized cats, but 2-3 inch threadfin shad are hard to beat. Chicken livers are hard to beat for 1-2 lb channel cats. Small bream are great for bigger cats, too but must be caught with a hook and line. Small (#10 or less) dry fly hooks with a piece of red wiggler works great. White perch are a great blue cat bait. If you want a big cat, scale one side and cut a shallow slit from behind his gills to his tail. Puts out a lot of scent and they still live good.
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